Re: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file
Hi I would not run a Compact unless I was told that it was needed, which seems to be your case if Check/Repair asked you to do it. In that case, the report that Check/Repair produces might give an indication as to why. Your run times seem to be slow, but it would depend on the size of the file and your PC. Just for a test I have duplicated my live database, currently 24676 KB for 12000 people, and then compressed it. That only took a minute or so and reduced it to 23304 KB so it only got a 5% reduction. Regards Chris -- Original Message -- From: "Ginny Vocelli" To: "Legacy User Group" Sent: 10/10/2019 02:28:43 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file Thanks for your advice, Chris. I am such a novice at the ends and outs of Legacy, I panic when something weird happens. I’ll stay away from Compact Family Records from now on. Ginny From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Chris Hill Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 5:38 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file Hi That is good to hear. The Compact, ignore my earlier email, should not remove any information. All that it does is to compress the various tables to recover space that had been used by deleted entries. Basically, Access never overwrites space that had been used by deleted records. It always just adds new data at the end. I would not normally expect to use Compress unless I had been deleting a lot of records. Regards Chris From my Motorola G6+ On Wed, 9 Oct 2019, 22:05 Ginny Vocelli, wrote: Whew! The Compact Family File is done! How changed are my files? Is there a report I can run that will tell me what’s different? Thanks. Ginny Vocelli From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Virginia Vocelli Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 4:45 PM To:LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file I set this in motion after a Check and repair told me to. There was an error (the number of which I cannot remember). The little blue circle has been spinning for nearly 30 minutes. A drop down box, half of which I can’t read, tells me this can be time consuming, and that terminating can be .what? That part is off the screen. How long will this take? At the very top left corner Legacy (not responding.) Thanks for any advice. Ginny Vocelli Sent from Xfinity Connect App -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file
Ginny Make sure you do File > File Maintenance > Check/Repair regularly. It has a compact within it but I don't know if it is as extensive as the separate one. It has many other elements that are vital to keeping your database healthy. Databases need maintenance. Cathy Ginny Vocelli <mailto:gvoce...@comcast.net> Thursday, 10 October 2019 9:28 AM Thanks for your advice, Chris. I am such a novice at the ends and outs of Legacy, I panic when something weird happens. I’ll stay away from Compact Family Records from now on. Ginny *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On Behalf Of *Chris Hill *Sent:* Wednesday, October 9, 2019 5:38 PM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file Hi That is good to hear. The Compact, ignore my earlier email, should not remove any information. All that it does is to compress the various tables to recover space that had been used by deleted entries. Basically, Access never overwrites space that had been used by deleted records. It always just adds new data at the end. I would not normally expect to use Compress unless I had been deleting a lot of records. Regards Chris From my Motorola G6+ On Wed, 9 Oct 2019, 22:05 Ginny Vocelli, <mailto:gvoce...@comcast.net>> wrote: -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file
Thanks for your advice, Chris. I am such a novice at the ends and outs of Legacy, I panic when something weird happens. I’ll stay away from Compact Family Records from now on. Ginny From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Chris Hill Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 5:38 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file Hi That is good to hear. The Compact, ignore my earlier email, should not remove any information. All that it does is to compress the various tables to recover space that had been used by deleted entries. Basically, Access never overwrites space that had been used by deleted records. It always just adds new data at the end. I would not normally expect to use Compress unless I had been deleting a lot of records. Regards Chris >From my Motorola G6+ On Wed, 9 Oct 2019, 22:05 Ginny Vocelli, mailto:gvoce...@comcast.net> > wrote: Whew! The Compact Family File is done! How changed are my files? Is there a report I can run that will tell me what’s different? Thanks. Ginny Vocelli From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of Virginia Vocelli Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 4:45 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file I set this in motion after a Check and repair told me to. There was an error (the number of which I cannot remember). The little blue circle has been spinning for nearly 30 minutes. A drop down box, half of which I can’t read, tells me this can be time consuming, and that terminating can be .what? That part is off the screen. How long will this take? At the very top left corner Legacy (not responding.) Thanks for any advice. Ginny Vocelli Sent from Xfinity Connect App -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file
Hi That is good to hear. The Compact, ignore my earlier email, should not remove any information. All that it does is to compress the various tables to recover space that had been used by deleted entries. Basically, Access never overwrites space that had been used by deleted records. It always just adds new data at the end. I would not normally expect to use Compress unless I had been deleting a lot of records. Regards Chris >From my Motorola G6+ On Wed, 9 Oct 2019, 22:05 Ginny Vocelli, wrote: > Whew! The Compact Family File is done! How changed are my files? Is > there a report I can run that will tell me what’s different? Thanks. > > > > Ginny Vocelli > > > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On > Behalf Of *Virginia Vocelli > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 9, 2019 4:45 PM > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Running compact family file > > > > I set this in motion after a Check and repair told me to. There was an > error (the number of which I cannot remember). The little blue circle has > been spinning for nearly 30 minutes. A drop down box, half of which I can’t > read, tells me this can be time consuming, and that terminating can be > .what? That part is off the screen. > > How long will this take? At the very top left corner Legacy (not > responding.) > > Thanks for any advice. > > Ginny Vocelli > > Sent from Xfinity Connect App > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file
Hi This should only take a few minutes. If half of the dialog is missing then you should be able to drag it back into vision. Then see if there is a button waiting for a response. Do you have a current backup, which you should always do before running Check/Repair. If so, restore that and run the Check/Repair again. If you get an error messages - write them down and then go to the Legacy support site to see if it is a known issue. If not then raise an issue with them. Regards Chris >From my Motorola G6+ On Wed, 9 Oct 2019, 21:46 Virginia Vocelli, wrote: > I set this in motion after a Check and repair told me to. There was an > error (the number of which I cannot remember). The little blue circle has > been spinning for nearly 30 minutes. A drop down box, half of which I can’t > read, tells me this can be time consuming, and that terminating can be > .what? That part is off the screen. > > How long will this take? At the very top left corner Legacy (not > responding.) > > Thanks for any advice. > > Ginny Vocelli > > Sent from Xfinity Connect App > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
Re: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file
Whew! The Compact Family File is done! How changed are my files? Is there a report I can run that will tell me what’s different? Thanks. Ginny Vocelli From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Virginia Vocelli Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 4:45 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Running compact family file I set this in motion after a Check and repair told me to. There was an error (the number of which I cannot remember). The little blue circle has been spinning for nearly 30 minutes. A drop down box, half of which I can’t read, tells me this can be time consuming, and that terminating can be .what? That part is off the screen. How long will this take? At the very top left corner Legacy (not responding.) Thanks for any advice. Ginny Vocelli Sent from Xfinity Connect App -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
[LegacyUG] Running compact family file
I set this in motion after a Check and repair told me to. There was an error (the number of which I cannot remember). The little blue circle has been spinning for nearly 30 minutes. A drop down box, half of which I can’t read, tells me this can be time consuming, and that terminating can be .what? That part is off the screen. How long will this take? At the very top left corner Legacy (not responding.) Thanks for any advice. Ginny Vocelli Sent from Xfinity Connect App -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
